Calculation for Capital (24-6)


Capital's opponents in order of rating:
     Team            Rating        Score  Effect  W- L
   ---------------   ------       ------- ------ -----
   Hope (MI)          593.5 LOSS   72-92    -    28- 4 Division III
   Carnegie-Mellon    553.7 LOSS   65-71    -    19- 8 Division III
   Heidelberg         532.5 LOSS   74-80   --    23- 6 Division III
   Heidelberg         532.5 LOSS   75-83   --    23- 6 Division III
   Wilmington (OH)    498.2 LOSS   55-72   --    16-10 Division III
   Mount St. Joseph   442.2 LOSS   80-94   --     9-16 Division III
>> Capital            540.3 <<                   24- 6 Division III
   Heidelberg         532.5 WIN    99-90    +    23- 6 Division III
   Ohio Weslyn        530.6 WIN    70-68    +    22- 8 Division III
   Wilmington (OH)    498.2 WIN    89-68    +    16-10 Division III
   Ohio Northern      495.9 WIN    69-67    +    15-12 Division III
   Ohio Northern      495.9 WIN    83-75    +    15-12 Division III
   Ohio Northern      495.9 WIN    81-76    +    15-12 Division III
   Wittenberg         487.3 WIN    79-75    +    16-10 Division III
   John Carroll       479.6 WIN    87-72    +    11-14 Division III
   John Carroll       479.6 WIN   113-78    +    11-14 Division III
   Muskingum          475.9 WIN    72-68    +    15-11 Division III
   Muskingum          475.9 WIN    72-66    +    15-11 Division III
   Baldwin-Wallace    470.3 WIN   103-76    +    12-15 Division III
   Baldwin-Wallace    470.3 WIN    77-71    +    12-15 Division III
   Kenyon             457.3 WIN    95-85    +    13-13 Division III
   Bethany,W.Va.      453.5 WIN    92-70    +    17-12 Division III
   Otterbein          441.5 WIN    86-57          7-18 Division III
   Otterbein          441.5 WIN    87-77          7-18 Division III
   Illinois Col.      440.9 WIN    76-53          9-14 Division III
   Mount Union        437.1 WIN    83-67          9-17 Division III
   Mount Union        437.1 WIN    80-68          9-17 Division III
   Mount Union        437.1 WIN    67-54          9-17 Division III
   Marietta           409.1 WIN    79-53          6-19 Division III
   Marietta           409.1 WIN    82-48          6-19 Division III
   Denison            367.3 WIN    71-53          3-22 Division III

Games against teams within about 100 rating points are often the best indicators of a team's actual strength.

"Effect" ranges from "---", a game that caused a large decrease in the team rating, to "+++", a game that produced a large increase in rating.

Note that wins over very weak teams may actually hurt a team's rating (the opposite is true for losses to very good teams).